2025 NAIA Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving National Championships
- Dates: Wednesday, March 5–Saturday, March 8
- Times: Prelims 9AM Eastern, Finals 5PM Eastern
- Location: Elkhart Aquatic Center, Elkhart, IN
- Defending Champions: Keiser women (3x); St. Thomas men (1x)
- Championship Program
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- Quaifiers per School: Women ׀ Men
- Schedule of Events
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- Championship Central
Women’s Top 10 After Day 3
- Keiser 434.5
- St Thomas 297.5
- Cumberlands 253.5
- Lindsey Wilson 251
- SCAD Savannah 170
- Bethel IN 169.5
- Olivet Nazarene 137
- Indiana Wesleyan 129
- Union Commonwealth 128
- Milligan 111
Men’s Top 10 After Day 3
- Keiser 504
- SCAD Savannah 252
- Milligan 240
- Cumberlands 235.5
- St Thomas 202
- William Carey 194
- St Ambrose 149
- The Master’s 130
- Lindsey Wilson 128
- Union Commonwealth 111
Day 4
Women’s 1650 Yard Freestyle – Fastest Heat
- Meet Record: 16:43.37 – Kathryn Rosberg (2007)
- 2024 NAIA National Champion: Riley Renaud, Milligan 17:02.33
Podium:
- Sky Marjamaa, SCAD Savannah 17:15.42
- Michelle Weiss, Cumberlands 17:20.55
- Riley Renaud, Milligan 17:23.82
- Haley Vanbuskirk, St Thomas 17:25.81
- Grace Barnhart, Olivet Nazarene 17:35.97
- Manca Petric, Union 17:42.31
- Nathalie Medina, Lindsey Wilson 17:43.27
- Juliana Lopez Morales, Cumberlands 17:46.38
Sky Marjamaa from SCAD Savannah, who finished third behind Milligan’s Riley Renaud and Rachel Bradley in 2024, was untouchable in the 1650 free this year. Swimming in lane 4, she took it out easy, following behind Juliana Lopez Morales from Cumberlands, for the first 500 yards. Marjamaa took over the lead at the 500 and held 31-mids for much of the rest of the race. She led by 3 seconds at the 1100 and increased her margin to 4 seconds at the 1200. Marjamaa ended up winning by 5.1 seconds with 17:15.42.
Behind her, Haley Vanbuskirk of St Thomas moved into second place at the 700 and remained there through the 1300 when Michelle Weiss of Cumberlands passed her. Renaud had been in third place all along, and now she passed Vanbuskirk and trailed only Marjamaa and Weiss.
That was the order at the finish, with Weiss touching in 17:20.55 and Renaud going 17:23.82. Vanbuskirk came in fourth with 17:25.81.
Manca Petric of Union, the fastest swimmer from the earlier heats, finished sixth overall.
Top 5 teams: Keiser (439.5), St Thomas (319.5), Cumberlands (281.5), Lindsey Wilson (263), SCAD Savannah (190)
Men’s 1650 Yard Freestyle – Fastest Heat
- Meet Record: 15:18.39 – Joel Thatcher, SCAD (2017)
- 2024 NAIA National Champion: Fabio Martin Rojo, Lindsey Wilson 15:43.95
Podium:
- Kevin Keil, SCAD Savannah 15:29.51
- Alex Menzel, Keiser 15:40.93
- Abel Eszenyi, Union 15:41.08
- Sergio Ybarra, Lindsey Wilson 15:49.38
- Fabio Martin Rojo, Lindsey Wilson 15:51.59
- Ethan Butler, Lindsey Wilson 15:46.45
- Braedan Jacobs, William Carey 15:56.58
- Morgan Roszel, Milligan 16:00.46
Kevin Keil from SCAD Savannah came into the meet with the second-fastest seed time, so he was in lane 5. He took it out from the beginning, though, getting into clear water by the 200. Keil continued to build his lead with every 50. He held 55-highs/56 lows on his 100s through the first 900 yards, before falling off his pace and finishing up with 56-mids, 57-mids, and a pair of 58s to win by nearly a full pool length with 15:29.51.
Braeden Jacobs of William Carey was behind Keil for much of the race, holding onto second place. But Keiser’s Alex Menzel and Union’s Abel Eszenyi moved up and wound up sprinting for home to secure the silver medal. Menzel got the touch by .15 with 15:40.93.
Milligan’s Morgan Roszel took 20.3 seconds off his seed time in the earlier heats and made the podium, finishing 8th overall with 16:00.46.
Top 5 teams: Keiser (521), SCAD Savannah (272), Milligan (256) Cumberlands (246.5), William Carey (206)
Women’s 200 Yard Backstroke – Finals
- Meet Record: 1:56.87 – Amanda Moran, Olivet Nazarene (2017)
- 2024 NAIA National Champion: Maaike Broersma, Lindsey Wilson 1:58.06
Podium:
- Maaike Broersma, Lindsey Wilson 1:58.35
- Rachel Bradley, Keiser 2:00.96
- Aspen Shipp, Thomas 2:02.35
- Marine Lecomte, Keiser 2:04.16
- Paige Howell, Olivet Nazarene 2:04.68
- Samantha van Vuure, Milligan 2:04.70
- Rachel Dawson, SCAD Savannah 2:05.02
- Alessia Claassen, St Thomas 2:05.03
It was a wire-to-wire victory for defending champion Maaike Broersma of Lindsey Wilson. She earned her third individual title of the meet with a 1:58.35 in the 200 back, coming to the wall two body lengths ahead of second-place Rachel Bradley of Keiser.
Broersma won the 50 free on Day 2, the 100 back on Day 3, and now the 200 back on Day 4.
Broersma split 27.5/30.1/29.9/30.6 to dominate on the second half of the race and secure the win. Bradley, who swam in the 1650 free on Day 4 last year, was in second place behind Broersma from start to finish. Aspen Shipp from Thomas moved from 7th in 2024 to 3rd this year, coming to the wall more than a body ahead of the next wave of finishers.
Marine Lecomte of Keiser finished fourth, while Paige Howell of Olivet Nazarene touched out Milligan’s Samantha van Vuure by .02 for fifth. SCAD Savannah’s Rachel Dawson beat out St Thomas’s Alessia Claassen by .03 for seventh.
Top 5 teams: Keiser (471.5), St Thomas (330.5), Lindsey Wilson (283), Cumberlands (281.5), SCAD Savannah (210)
Men’s 200 Yard Backstroke – Finals
Meet Record: 1:44.98 – Jokubas Jankauskas, Cumberlands (2023)- 2024 NAIA National Champion: Jokubas Jankauskas, Cumberlands 1:45.45
Podium:
- Mate Miszlai, William Carey 1:44.62
- Nicklas Pedersen, Keiser 1:45.55
- Ruthiik Satti, Cumberlands 1:46.28
- Adam Conrad, St Thomas 1:46.80
- Kervens Warnon, St Thomas 1:48.31
- Dario Rukavina, SCAD Savannah 1:49.07
- Fynn Kunze, Keiser 1:49.79
- Matt Mizell, St Thomas 1:51.85
William Carey freshman Mate Miszlai clocked a 1:44.62 to take down the meet record set two years ago by Cumberlands’ Jokubas Jankauskas. It was a dominant swim from the freshman, whose team only joined the NAIA this year. Miszlai led from start to finish, splitting 24.65/26.4/26.7/26.7 for the win.
Ruthiik Satti of Cumberlands was in second place at the 50, but Fynn Kunze of Keiser moved .1 ahead of him at the 100. Keiser’s Nicklas Pedersen took over the second spot at the 100 and held on through the finish. Adam Conrad of St Thomas moved from fourth at the 100 to third at the 150 but Satti came back again over the last 50 yards to clock a 1:46.28 for the bronze. Conrad was .58 back for fourth.
Top 5 teams: Keiser (550), SCAD Savannah (285), Cumberlands (263.5), Milligan (263), St Thomas (249)
Women’s 100 Yard Freestyle – Finals
Meet Record: 49.24 – Julie Woody, SCAD Savannah (2017)- 2024 NAIA National Champion: Aubrey Bach, Keiser 51.13
Podium:
- Kirsten de Goede, Lindsey Wilson 48.91
- Katherine Dyer, The Master’s 49.58
- Ines Laurent, Keiser 50.40
- Aubrey Bach, Keiser 51.23
- Kylee Sears, The Master’s 51.62
- Jaylyn Harrison, Bethel (IN) 51.65
- Timea Aspegren, Keiser 51.97
- Katie Gorno, St Thomas 52.01
Lindsey Wilson’s Kirsten de Goede became the first woman in the NAIA to break the 49-second barrier at the national championships. Swimming in lane 4, she was out first at the 25 wall in 11.16, first at the 50 with 23.50, and first at the finish with 48.91. De Goede dropped .34 from her entry time and .33 from the record.
Keiser’s Ines Laurent was in second place at the 25 (11.28) and 50 (24.04) but fell to third place at the finish as Katherine Dyer of The Master’s outsplit her on the second half, 25.60 to 26.36. Dyer earned the silver medal with 49.58, and improvement of .35 from her entry time. Laurent, who finished third last year, picked up another bronze medal with 50.40.
Defending champion Aubrey Bach of Keiser finished fourth with 51.23.
Top 5 teams: Keiser (521.5), St Thomas (350.5), Lindsey Wilson (303), Cumberland (282.5), SCAD Savannah (212)
Men’s 100 Yard Freestyle – Finals
- Meet Record: 42.53 – Daniel Z Ramirez, Oklahoma Baptist (2014)
- 2024 NAIA National Champion: Alex Marrero, St Thomas 43.86
Podium:
- Angel Margaritov, Keiser 43.62
- Enzo Constable, Union 43.71
- Alex Marrero, St Thomas 43.92
- William Birkett, St Thomas 43.98
- Matheus Queiroz, Keiser 44.04
- Cory Werrett, St Ambrose 44.16
- Dylan Crane, The Master’s 44.32
- Jan Gastal, SCAD Savannah 44.36
There were plot twists galore in the men’s 100 free final. Union Commonwealth’s Enzo Constable, swimming in lane 7, was first to the 25 wall (9.83), followed by Alex Marrero (9.86) of St Thomas, Keiser’s Angel Margaritov (9.88), and William Birkett of St Thomas (9.90). Constable still led at the 50 (20.62), while Margaritov (20.95) and Birkett (20.97) had gotten past Marrero (20.99).
As they sprinted home, Margaritov got the touch from lane 2, winning by .09 with 43.62. Constable touched second, while Marrero slipped past Birkett at the end for third place.
Keiser’s Matheus Queiroz was only .06 back from Birkett in fifth place, while a mere .20 separted sixth through eighth.
Top 5 teams: Keiser (593), SCAD Savannah (306), St Thomas (280), Cumberlands (270.5), Milligan (270)
Women’s 200 Yard Breaststroke – Finals
Meet Record: 2:14.18 – Stella Warborn, St Thomas (2024)- 2024 NAIA National Champion: Stella Warborn, St Thomas 2:14.18
Podium:
- Stella Warborn, St Thomas 2:12.45
- Nikoline Biltoft-Jensen, Keiser 2:13.20
- Nikki Hahn, SCAD 2:16.40
- Eszter Kardos, William Carey 2:20.60
- Tessa Ip Hen Cheung, Brenau 2:21.29
- Bridget O’Grady, St Ambrose 2:22.61
- Emma Phillips, Union 2:22.76
- Teagan Jose, Milligan 2:23.30
After losing to Keiser’s Nikoline Biltoft-Jensen in the 100 breast final, and seeing her meet record go by the wayside, Stella Warborn of St Thomas left nothing to chance in the 200 final. Nikki Hahn of SCAD Savannah set the pace on the first 50 from lane 3, going out quickly in 30.36. Biltoft-Jensen followed in 30.52, while Warborn trailed in 30.60. With a second 50 of 33.5, though, Warborn was in first place by the 100.
It was anyone’s game on the third 50, as Warborn only led Biltoft-Jensen by .05 at the 100, but her second half of 34.0/34.3 beat Biltoft-Jensens’ pair of 34.5s and Warborn ended up winning by .75. She took another 1.7 seconds off the meet mark she set in 2024, when she erased a record that had stood since 1993.
Bilton-Jensen came in second with 2:13.20, also under the meet record, while Hahn held on for third with 2:16.40.
No one else broke 2:20.
Top 5 teams: Keiser (546.5), St Thomas (370.5), Lindsey Wilson (303), Cumberlands (299.5), SCAD Savannah (228)
Men’s 200 Yard Breaststroke – Finals
- Meet Record: 1:56.29 – Noel de Geus, Keiser (2024)
- 2024 NAIA National Champion: Noel de Geus, Keiser 1:56.29
Podium:
- Noel de Geus, Keiser 1:57.18
- Caleb Fry, Milligan 1:59.00
- Alex Kusik, Keiser 1:59.73
- Zander Livingston, Midland 2:01.73
- Clinton Eales, Lindsey Wilson 2:03.01
- TIE Fynn Kunze, Keiser / Emil Schildhauer, Thomas 2:03.37
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- Vincenzo Di Palo, Bethel (IN) 2:05.31
There was absolutely no drama in the men’s 200 breast final. Defending champion and meet record-holder Noel de Geus of Keiser led at every wall and was followed each time by Caleb Fry of Milligan, Alex Kusik of Keiser, and Zander Livingston of Midland. While he fell just short of the meet mark he had set a year ago, de Geus won decisively with 1:57.18, coming to the wall almost two seconds ahead of Fry (1:59.00). It was his third individual title at the 2025 championships; he also won the 50 free and 100 breast.
Kusik finished with a sub-2:00 for the first time, going 1:59.73 to pick up the bronze medal. Livingston came to the wall a full body length ahead of the next wave which was led by Lindsey Wilson’s Clinton Eales.
Top 5 teams: Keiser (647.5), SCAD Savannah (306), Milligan (296), St Thomas (280), Cumberlands (272.5)
Women’s 200 Yard Butterfly – Finals
- Meet Record: 2:00.89 – Christina Tixier, Biola (2015)
- 2024 NAIA National Champion: Kayla Parry, Olivet Nazarene 2:03.92
Podium:
- Kayla Parry, Olivet Nazarene 2:02.17
- Luiza Bersi, Keiser 2:03.03
- Sarah Zoellner, Cumberlands 2:04.32
- Mary Grace Bitting, Milligan 2:07.74
- Natalie Medina, Lindsey Wilson 2:08.41
- Avery Woods, Bethel (IN) 2:09.16
- Greta Aldrovandi, Keiser 2:10.00
- Rylee Woelk, St Thomas 2:11.23
Keiser freshman Luiza Bersi, swimming in lane 4 after putting up the top time in prelims, got out to a fast start and led the field at the 50, 100, and 150 walls. Just when it seemed she would dethrone the defending champion Kayla Parry of Olivet Nazarene, Parry dug in on the fourth 50 and outsplit Bersi by a full second (32.01 to 33.07) to get the touch and defend her crown. Parry’s winning 2:02.19 was 1.8 seconds faster than her 2024 time. Bersi finished second with 2:03.03.
Sarah Zoellner of Cumberlands was all alone in third, getting to the wall more than a body length ahead of Milligan’s Mary Grace Bitting. She, in turn, was 1 second faster than fifth-place Nathalie Medina of Lindsey Wilson.
Top 6 teams: Keiser (581.5), St Thomas (381.5), Cumberlands (320.5), Lindsey Wilson (317), SCAD Savannah (228), Bethel Indiana (227.5)
Men’s 200 Yard Butterfly – Finals
Meet Record: 1:44.03 – Isaiah Aleksenko, Keiser (2025)- 2024 NAIA National Champion: Steven Aimable, St Thomas 1:46.56
Podium:
- Isaiah Aleksenko, Keiser 1:42.87
- Jake Hutchinson, Keiser 1:45.12
- Bo Kasten, SCAD Savannah 1:47.49
- Rueben Dobson, Ottawa Arizona 1:47.91
- Zsombor Bene, Cumberlands 1:48.68
- Marcelo Rojas Ariza, Cumberlands 1:49.62
- Elliot Best, St Thomas 1:49.83
- Juan Ramirez Zapata, Cumberlands 1:51.29
Keiser’s Jake Hutchinson, who broke the meet record in heat 3 of prelims, took it out first and led at the 50 (23.15) and 100 (49.46) walls. At the 50, he was followed by Rueben Dobson of Ottawa Arizona, Isaiah Aleksenko of Keiser, Zsombor Bene from Cumberlands, and SCAD’s Bo Kasten. By the 100, Aleksenko had moved into second place, followed by Dobson, Bene, and Kasten.
Aleksenko took over the lead at the 150; he was followed by Hutchinson, Dobson, Bene, Rojas Ariza, and Kasten in sixth place.
Aleksenko came home all alone, way ahead of the field, and took another 1.16 seconds off the meet mark he had set in heat 4 of prelims. He finished in 1:42.87, about two body lengths ahead of Hutchinson.
Kasten somehow made his way from sixth at the 150 to third at the finish, splitting 27.5 on the last 50. He touched in 1:47.49, passing Dobson (1:47.91) bene (1:48.68), and Rojas Ariza (1:49.62) along the way.
Top 5 teams: Keiser (691), SCAD Savannah (322), Cumberlands (310.5), Milligan (309.5), St Thomas (292)
Women’s 1-Meter Diving – Finals
- Meet Record: 417.75 – Hayley Rosenlund (2005)
- 2024 NAIA National Champion: Ashley McNamara, Aquinas 212.65
Podium:
- Macy Schmidtgall, Indiana Wesleyan 227.60
- Jada Shorter, Jamestown 215.65
- Mireya Bonilla Flores, St Thomas 211.00
- AC Taylor, Keiser 182.50
- Emma Nibbelink, Aquinas 173.20
- Becky Czarnecki, Jamestown 166.75
- Rachel Sims, Midland 155.40
- Sarah Graves, Union 141.90
Indiana Wesleyan’s Macy Schmidtgall, who won the 3-meter diving event last year, came from third place in prelims to first in the final with a total of 227.60 points. Jada Shorter of Jamestown, who was runner-up last year, finished second for the second year in a row. St Thomas’s Mireya Bonilla Flores, who won the 3-meter event on Thursday, had to settle for third place on the 1-meter board with 211.00 points.
Women’s 400 Yard Freestyle Relay – Timed Finals
- Meet Record: 3:23.11 – Oklahoma Baptist University (2015)
- 2024 NAIA National Champion: Keiser 3:26.65
Podium:
- Keiser 3:24.01
- Lindsey Wilson 3:26.78
- St Thomas 3:27.92
- Bethel (IN) 3:30.15
- SCAD Savannah 3:30.49
- Cumberlands 3:31.03
- Arizona Christian 3:32.03
- St Ambrose 3:33.24
Aubrey Bach (51.14), Timea Aspegren (51.91), Luiza Bersi (50.83), and Ines Laurent (50.13) combined to go 3:24.01 for a dominant win in the women’s 400 free relay. Lindsey Wilson, the top seed coming into the meet, finished second with 3:26.78. St Thomas came in third (3:27.92). Bethel Indiana topped SCAD Savannah by .34 which put them just ahead of SCAD in the team standings.
Men’s 400 Yard Freestyle Relay – Timed Finals
Meet Record: 2:56.22 – St Thomas University (2024)- 2024 NAIA National Champion: St Thomas 2:56.22
Podium:
- Keiser 2:54.93
- Milligan 2:58.97
- St Thomas 2:59.13
- SCAD Savannah 2:59.19
- Cumberlands 3:00.56
- St Ambrose 3:00.91
- The Master’s 3:02.07
- William Carey 3:03.13
Jake Hutchinson (42.95), Hanno Boeckmann (44.20), Matheus Queiroz (44.11), and Angel Margaritov (43.67) ended the night with another NAIA meet record. Their 2:54.93 cleared St Thomas’s mark from last year by 1.29 seconds.
Milligan came in second with 2:58.97, just touching out St Thomas (2:59.13) and SCAD Savannah (2:59.19) in an exciting end to the meet. It wasn’t quite enough to get past SCAD in the team standings, though; the Bees topped the Buffaloes by 8.5 points in second place behind Keiser.
Final Team Scores – Women
- Keiser University 636.5
- St Thomas University 429.5
- Lindsey Wilson College 351
- University of the Cumberlands 346.5
- Bethel University (IN) 257.5
- SCAD Savannah 256
- Olivet Nazarene University 207
- Milligan College 191
- Union Commonwealth College 182
- Indiana Wesleyan University 176.5
- St Ambrose University 120
- Brenau University 104
- Master’s University 103.5
- Arizona Christian University 74
- Aquinas College 70
- Thomas University 50
- William Carey University 47
- University of Jamestown 44
- Loyola University New Orleans 25
- Midland University 17
- UT-Southern 13
- College of Saint Mary 6
- Ave Maria University 5
- Midway University 4
- Life University 2
Final Team Scores – Men
- Keiser University 731
- SCAD Savannah 352
- Milligan College 343.5
- University of the Cumberlands 338.5
- St Thomas University 324
- William Carey University 251
- Lindsey Wilson College 209
- St Ambrose University 205
- Master’s University 173
- Union Commonwealth College 163
- Life University 110
- Olivet Nazarene University 109
- Bethel University (IN) 81
- Aquinas College 61
- Loyola University New Orleans 49
- West Virginia University Tech 35
- Thomas University 28
- Midland University 26
- Ottawa University Arizona 15
- University of St Mary 6
- Ave Maria University 3
- TIE Campbellsville University / Indiana Wesleyan University 2
